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Just after 11:30 p.m., a few hours after dining on steak as President Obama's dinner guest, Pat Toomey walked onto the Senate floor to give his Republican colleague a 15-minute respite from a filibuster that was approaching the 12-hour mark. The Pennsylvania senator had been on the floor earlier Wednesday to show support for Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul, who gave a half-day continuous speech, successfully delaying the nomination of John Brennan to lead the CIA by using the rare, traditional means of holding up a vote by talking nonstop. The near midnight appearance was Toomey's second showing. One-by-one Republican senators relieved Paul, though only from talking, he could not leave...

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